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28 Oct

BJP will remain at centre of Indian polity for next many decades: Prashant Kishor

editor0 CommentsPoliticalBJP, Goa

In a big dampener for Congress, poll strategist Prashant Kishor predicted that BJP will remain a dominant force in Indian politics for the next many decades. Speaking at an event in the Museum of Goa, he disagreed with the opposition's claim that the Narendra Modi-led government will be voted out of power in 2024 merely due to anti-incumbency. To buttress his point, he highlighted the difference in people's approach towards the rise in fuel prices as compared to the UPA government era. According to him, it was difficult to envisage the saffron party fading away easily as it had crossed…

26 Oct

Meghalaya Chief Minister joins Koo

editor0 CommentsPoliticalConrad Sangma, Meghalaya Chief Minister

Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma has joined India’s multi-lingual micro-blogging platform Koo to engage with people from the state and the region in their mother tongue. Using the handle @conradsangma, Shri Sangma wished superstar Amitabh Bachchan on his birthday and Kooed that he is delighted to be on the social media platform. Koo App, which empowers Indians to connect and converse in their native language, is well represented by Chief Ministers of multiple states including CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, CM of…

26 Oct

Sikkim CM uses Koo platform to connect with people

editor0 CommentsPolitical, SikkimPrem Singh Tamang, Sikkim CM

Shri Prem Singh Tamang (Golay), Chief Minister of Sikkim has joined India’s multi-lingual micro-blogging platform Koo to engage with people from the state and the region in their mother tongue. Using the handle @pstamang, Shri Tamang Kooed, “I extend my heartiest greetings to the veteran leader and the former Chief Minister of Sikkim Shri BB Gurung on the occasion of his 92nd birthday. May God bless him with sound health, long life and happiness.” Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-founder & CEO, Koo, said, “With the Chief Minister’s presence, the people of Sikkim will have an opportunity to interact with their leader and…

24 Oct

Lakhimpur Violence Accused Ashish Misra in Hospital with Dengue Symptoms, Sample Sent to Lab

editor0 CommentsPoliticalUttar Pradesh

Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, arrested for his alleged role in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh, is dengue positive and is being moved to the district hospital for treatment.Ashish Mishra, who was remanded in police custody on Friday, was moved to the Lakhimpur jail late last night after test results confirmed that he had contracted dengue. He will be treated by a panel of doctors. "Ashish Mishra is being shifted to district hospital. He has tested positive for dengue. Also, he has diabetes," said Shailendra Bhatnagar, CMO, Lakhimpur Kheri. Four farmers and a journalist were run…

22 Oct

“Political Terrorism”: Trinamool’s Sushmita Dev Attacked, Party Blames BJP

editorPoliticalTMC, west bengal

All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev's vehicle was allegedly vandalised as she and her party workers were reportedly assaulted in Tripura while campaigning for the 2023 elections on Friday. Along with MPO Sushmita Dev, a member of the TMC's political consultancy agency I-PAC was also brutally attacked, the TMC leader alleged. TMC MP Sushmita Dev, who is spearheading the party's campaign for 2023 assembly polls, had launched the campaign called ' Tripurar Jonno Trinamool' and was travelling around the state campaigning in her car along with other members. The party and TMC MP alleged that the attack was…

21 Oct

Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Congress forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPriyanka gandhi, Uttar Pradesh

After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electronic scooty if her party forms a government in the state. "Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic…

08 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri: SC dissatisfied with U.P.’s status report

editor0 CommentsPoliticalSUPREME COURT, Uttar Pradesh

The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu case arising from the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which eight persons, including farmers, were killed. Of these, four were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by vehicle of Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni. Yesterday, the court had asked the UP government to file a status report by today specifying action taken and the eight who were killed on Sunday during a protest. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The Uttar Pradesh Police…

07 Oct

UP govt appoints retired Allahabad HC judge to probe Lakhimpur Kheri violence

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPriyanka gandhi, uttarpradesh

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or a high court into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and said Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son is among those booked, should resign to ensure an impartial probe. Priyanka Gandhi, who had on Wednesday met the families of three of the eight people killed in the violence, told reporters here, "In my view and that of the victims' families as well, the case should be probed by a sitting Supreme Court or high court judge, and not the retired judge."…

06 Oct

Chhattisgarh, Punjab to give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur

editor0 CommentsPoliticalchattisgarh, punjab, uttarpradesh

The governments of Punjab and Chhattisgarh will give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday. As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri clash that happened after a vehicle ran over farmers who were gathered there to protest against the three farm laws. Four farmers were among eight killed in Lakhimpur. The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an ex-gratia of ₹45 lakh and a government job for the kin of four farmers who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Another Congress leader and chief minister…

06 Oct

Shiv Sena heaps praise on Priyanka Gandhi, says she has ‘same fire’ as her grandmother

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPriyanka gandhi

In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for arresting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh recently, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that Ms. Gandhi, who was as sharp as former Prime Minister and her grandmother Indira Gandhi, did not buckle under pressure of the State Government and continued her fight. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers who died after being mowed down by a car of a Union Minister’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri. Slamming the Union Government over the killing of farmers while its celebration of ‘Amrut…